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By Angus W. Stocking When Robert Kincaid, P.E., city engineer for Jerseyville, IL, heard about a two-lane paved road failing in his jurisdiction, he wasn’t overly concerned at first. The road was slumping in lanes, with some small sinkholes just off the pavement due to a failing corrugated metal pipe (CMP) storm sewer running underneath the road, but cities deal with this kind of failure all the time. However, a closer look revealed serious challenges. This was a 60-inch by 100-foot-long CMP sewer in ve...... continue reading

Grangegorman is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the north side of the city, approximately a mile from the city center. It has a long history of serving the people of Dublin, particularly with the establishment of the Houses of Industry for the poor in the 1770s and St. Brendan’s Hospital, built in 1810 to house mentally ill patients. Until recently, much of the rest of the space had remained undeveloped and was considered brownfield, with the exception of a small portion that had been used as r...... continue reading

By Carol Brzozowski Protecting a local drinking water supply. Retaining and using stormwater onsite. Meeting regulatory requirements. Treating stormwater in as small a footprint as possible. These reasons—and a combination of others—underscore a number of post-construction stormwater BMP projects in the United States. Saving Space Regulatory permits and real estate footprint are the two major considerations underscoring the choice of Triton S-29 chambers for a stormwater project for a new parking lot to...... continue reading

By Janis Keating A pipe’s age, along with normal wear and tear, can cause systems to break down. During the winter of 2013–14, record cold temperatures across much of the nation also caused pipe failures, often in water mains. At such times especially, it’s important to fix the problem quickly—not only to resume service, but also to keep crews in dangerous weather for the shortest time possible. Many cities these days are finding a variety of solutions to help get the job done. Taking Care in Tight Spac...... continue reading

By Shannon Tillack, Andrew Earles, Ken MacKenzie, and David Bennetts Temporary diversion methods are commonly used to reroute water from a stream or direct flows to a designated portion of the stream channel to allow for construction activities to take place in the stream, along the banks, or beneath the active channel. Temporary diversion methods are often required during the construction of detention ponds, dams, instream grade control structures, bank protection, utility installation, and other activ...... continue reading

Repurposing land is one of the leading movements in modern urban development. The opportunity to renovate and rehabilitate existing sites, rather than gobble up free space in outlying areas, is important not only from an environmental standpoint but also from a community pride perspective. However, the challenges to creating developments on these sites can be daunting. In many cases, the available land is surrounded by infrastructure such as roads and utilities that were built to support the original us...... continue reading

CubeSmart, the fourth largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities in the country according to the 2011 Self Storage Almanac, is a self-administered and self-managed real estate company focused on the ownership, operation, acquisition, and development of self-storage facilities in the United States. CubeSmart owns or manages 479 self-storage facilities across the country and operates the CubeSmart Network, which consists of approximately 850 additional self-storage facilities. The company’s ser...... continue reading

By Carol Brzozowski Damaged pipes pose a host of problems, from significant maintenance costs to environmental threats. Many communities throughout North America have been mitigating those problems in such a way that minimizes costs, traffic interruption, and maximizes on the longevity of newer materials and repair methods. Stoney Creek In Oakland Township, MI, a pipe arch culvert that allowed Stoney Creek to pass underneath Stoney Creek Road had corrosion and was exhibiting various signs of distress du...... continue reading

By James McRay If the saying goes, “The whole is more than the sum of its parts,” then all those parts must absolutely be important in creating a dynamic final product. This adage is especially true at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, one of the world’s busiest, which is in the midst of one of the country’s largest construction projects. The O’Hare Modernization Program (OMP) is transforming O’Hare International Airport’s airfield from an outdated system of intersecting runways into a mode...... continue reading

By Don Talend Handling Wet, Emergency Conditions The intersection of Routes 9 and 440 with the Garden State Parkway is one of New Jersey’s busiest and most vital cloverleaf complexes. Sinkholes began to appear there after Hurricane Irene in 2011. “Soil was collapsing into large-diameter corrugated metal pipe [CMP] storm sewers and creating big sinkholes,” notes Alkesh Desai, stormwater emergency manager for the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). “When we inspected, we found that mor...... continue reading